Bird in a Silver Cage
| Bird in a Silver Cage | ||||
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| Released | 1976 | |||
| Recorded | 1976 | |||
| Studio | Union Studios, Munich, West Germany | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 36:20 | |||
| Label | Atlantic SD 18209 | |||
| Producer | Michael Kunze, Sylvester Levay | |||
| Herbie Mann chronology | ||||
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Bird in a Silver Cage is an album by flautist Herbie Mann recorded in 1976 and released on the Atlantic Records label.[1]
Reception
[edit]| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
AllMusic site awarded the album 2 stars and its review by Jim Newsome states: "Another example of Herbie Mann's quest for new playing environments leading him to follow another trend, in this case the disco music coming out of Germany in the mid-to-late seventies".[2]
Track listing
[edit]- "Bird in a Silver Cage" (Sylvester Levay) – 12:51
- "Aria" (Dario Baldan Bembo, Sergio Bardotti) – 4:51
- "Fly, Robin, Fly" (Levay, Stephan Prager) – 1:06
- "Birdwalk" (Levay, Herbie Mann) – 7:34
- "Years of Love" (Levay) – 3:32
- "The Piper" (Mann) – 6:26
Personnel
[edit]- Herbie Mann – flute
- Sylvester Levay – keyboards, arranger, conductor
- Nick Woodland – guitar
- Gary Unwin – bass
- Martin Harrison – drums
- Elmer Louis, Joseph Spector – percussion
- Jerry Rix – backing vocals
- Penny McLean and the Munich Studio Choir – vocals (track 2)
- Unidentified string section directed by Fritz Sonneleitner
References
[edit]- ^ Atlantic Records Discography: 1976 accessed 31 August 2015
- ^ a b Newsome, Jim. Bird in a Silver Cage – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved August 31, 2015.
